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INTRODUCTION 

Many plays center about shortstop as a fulcrum, and as much 
is asked of the holder of this position as of other infielders. 
The accuracy of the shortstop's assists are, at times, supremely 
vital ; while the strength of his arm, the speed of his legs and the 
quickness of his perception many times may contribute to the 
saving of a struggle badly "in the fire." 

The proposition that confronts the candidate for a short field 
position is, briefly: 

1. To have speed enoug-h to range from second to third bases 
on all sorts of bounders. 

2. To field with equal accuracy from either side. 

3. To throw fast and surely from any position. 

4. To get back to center and left field from short flies out of 
reach of the regular men covering these positions. 

5. To know how to block off runners and to save every inch 
of space and second of time on men coming into second. 

6. To run bases effectively and bat well. 

As in nearly every other department of life, there are men 
physically better adapted to holding the position of shortstop 
than others. A peculiar combination of strength, speed and keen 
wits is required. 

In general the men who are built low and close to the ground 
are accepted as ideal for this position. Short stature means that 
it is easier for the player to field ground balls, as he will have to 
stoop a less distance. It means generally increased activity in 
foot-work and ability to get in motion quicker. Then, too, when 
pulling down a high throw the short man does not have to come 
so far to tag the runner out. The shortstops of early base ball 
were largely men of short legs, long, strong arms and powerful 
torso. 




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DON'T LET THE BALL "PLAY" YOU 

Fielding accurately is, of course, the first feature of the short- 
stop's work. As the proportion of right-hand batters to left 
hand is very large the shortstop's life is a busier one in the 
field than either the second or third baseman's. 

Every variety of hit ball known to the game is passed to the 
shortstop in the course of an average contest, and there can be 
no set way of handling any ball. The necessities of the occasion 
frequently govern this. 

The first principle accepted by experienced shortfielders is that 
under no circumstances should the fielder let the ball "play" 
him. That is, instead of waiting for the ball to come on any 
old bounce the condition of the field and nature of drive may 
necessitate, the player should move in on the ball or so get to it 
that the bound will be easily handled, barring unforeseen acci- 
dents. Under the best of conditions balls will get away from 
players; but "playing the ball" saves many an error and besides 
gets the fielder into his own position for throwing as a rule. 

Some amateurs have an ancient habit of getting down on one 
knee to stop a grounder. Such efforts as these should be dis- 
couraged. For, should the ball take the slightest bound out of 
the direct line, the fielder is caught napping. Moreover, granting 
that the ball is fielded, the player has to rise to his feet, draw 
back his arm and go through a series of motions before he can 
throw— all of which takes time and occasionally gives a life 
to a runner who should have been retired. 

Two safe rules to follow in fielding this position are: 

1. Get to the ball as quickly as possible. 

2. Go after it with the idea of getting it away from you with 
the least delay possible. 

Loafing or unnecessary delay in either particular arc tm« 



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pardonable and sometimes criminal. In professional base ball 
it is particularly distressing to see a fielder, after making an easy 
stop, hold the ball a tantalizing length of time and then make a 
wild throw to first. Due care should be taken in throwing where 
time permits; but in four chances out of six the play scarcely 
permits the fielder to get into throwing position. 

Balls which the shortstop can get in front of are comparatively 
easy, no matter how hard driven. Unlike the fielding of third 
base position, where the nearness of the plate cuts quite an im- 
portant figure, the shortstop is sufficiently far removed so that 
few balls really too "hot to handle" come his way. Once in 
front, only a bad bound excuses an error. But hard hit balls 
have a peculiar faculty for not going where the fielder happens 
to be and here is where the shortstop is required to do his most 
spectacular work. He is required to go extreme distances to 
right and left, pick up the ball with one hand and throw with- 
out stopping to set himself. 

Here is where the man who has a natural aptitude for getting 
in motion quickly has a great advantage. He can save a fraction 
of a second in going after the drive over the man who is a slow 
starter. 

What helps the fielder still more is watching the battery work 
of his side, studying the peculiarities of batters and so being able 
to judge about where a hit ball is going. 

On no play should the shortstop i>eglect to observe what kind 
of ball is to be served the batsman. It does not always happen 
that the hit comes the way expected. It is quite possible to get a 
general idea of what is coming and to be prepared for it. 

Having figured out as nearly as possible which way the batted 
ball is to come, and so placed yourself that you can best play it 
when it comes, without ruining your chances of fielding, a hit 
of another sort should calculations fail to materialize the next 
question up to the fielder is how to take the ball when it 
comes. 



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AMBIDEXTROUS FIELDING 

Individuality will have to assert itself here. If the ball is to 
the right of you, even though palpably in the third baseman's 
territory, it is the shortstop's duty to be over there before it 
gets to the corner fielder in order to back up a possible fumble. 
If not in his territory, and the drive is too fast to get in front of 
it, don't waste time, but take it with one hand. You will be 
fortunate to stop it, but don't let possible errors in your column 
stand in the way. A man who tries is worth two times the man 
who is looking after his record. If the ball should stick and 
the play at first is easy, take your time, but don't waste it. If 
the play is fast don't take time to straighten up, but shoot the 
ball underhand to first. This is an important feature in heading 
off batters at first, and many shortstops have built up reputa- 
tions almost solely on their ability to get the ball away from 
them which ever way they may happen to receive it. 

Fielding balls on the left-hand side of the shortstop's position 
is a much more difficult proposition, yet many spectacular plays 
are seen on the diamond of balls fielded over second base and 
runners retired at first. 

Yet the play at first is not the prime feature that makes an 
ability to field accurately to the left of the shortstop important. 
Double plays and the cutting off of hit-and-run plays rest en^ 
tirely with the shortstop, on hits over or near second. The 
shortstop, in case of a double play, frequently has no time to 
let the ball tarry an instant in his hands, but scoops it over to 
the second baseman with almost the same motion with which it 
was fielded, whence it is relayed to first. 

This play requires considerable practice, and the least miscue 
is apt to throw off the first out and ruin the double. There is 
no verbal instruction that can teach just how these plays can be 
executed. Each play has some slight variation from the other, 
which makes it necessary for the fielder to suit conditions to the 
case and work out his own problems on the diamond. 




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NAPOLEON LAJOIE 



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NOT AN EASY TASK 

By Napoleon Lajoie. 

The shortstop's life, like the policeman's, is not a happy one. 
I have played several positions on a baseball team, and I know 
what I say. Short field covering involves a tremendous respon- 
sibility in both receiving hit balls and getting away thrown balls 
accurately, to say nothing of having to size up a play with two 
or three possible solutions every five minutes. I thought the 
sphere of the second baseman was hard enough, but when I 
tried shortstop in 1904 I found out that I had to accept more 
chances, cover even more territory and make longer and faster 
throws. 

When I came over from second base I found my chief weak- 
ness was an over-eagerness to get to the ball, which seemed 
slower in getting down to me, and some difficulty in getting used 
to the longer and faster throw. 

In the course of time I adjusted myself to the change. I tound 
out, however, that there is one thing above all others that the 
shortstop must have, and that is ability to get the ball away 
from any position and deliver it accurately and fast. 

To meet this requirement the fielder must have an arm of iron 
and must be naturally quick in mind, foot, eye and hand. There 
are some few things which can assist natural ability and quali- 
fications in this respect. One of them is constant practice. 

The shortstop's position at his station is not a much mooted 
one. Normally, the shortfielders, including myself, play very 
deep, provided they possess strong arms. No other player, by 
the way, than one who has, can hope to last long in this position. 
For a left-hand batter the position is somewhat different. I 
would in that case move somewhat to the right and well back. 

The signals for curves to the pitcher also cause me to change 






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my position, as they do with every careful shortstop. For ex- 
ample, a straight ball to a right-hand batter means that the ball, 
if a grounder, will probably be hit straight to short or third base, 
while an outcurve to a right-hand batter means that the hit ball 
will most likely go to the right of second base. Various re- 
sults occur from the different deliveries of pitchers, and for 
this reason shortstops should make a study of the effect of 
batting of right- and left-handers on the different curves, and 
place themselves accordingly. It will be found that while in 
many cases the calculation of the fielder as to where the ball 
is going to be hit will fail, in other instances they are correct 
and save many a weaiy chase after what would otherwise be a 
hard rap. 

The playing of this position, too. varies with respect to the 
peculiarities of one's team mates in the infield. Any weakness 
of the second baseman on hits to his right or in covering the 
bag will make a corresponding difference in the fielding play of 
the shortstop. The same may be said of the other side of the 
shortstop. 

Having accustomed himself to his position, and discovered the 
weaknesses and strength of the men with whom he is to work, the 
shortstop should next figure out carefully the points of the first 
baseman of his team — the target at which he is to throw. It 
may count something at a critical time to know whether his team 
mate is weak or strong on low or high throws. 

The throwing proposition should be carefully considered by 
the shortstop. If the work of getting the ball away from the 
player proves a constant strain on him, he had better seek another 
berth, as sooner or later his arm will go and he will be useless 
altogether. 

One of the most trying throws a shortstop has to make is that 
of taking a ball on the run to the left of him with one hand, 
and then getting it away to first in time to head off the runner. 
The throw must be made carefully or it will net two or three 
bases instead of one. At the same time it must be made hur- 
riedly or it will be useless. Shortstops must bear in mind that 



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a ball thrown on the run will always raise. A fast grounder 
is the easiest for the shortstop, as he has time to set himself 
for the throw. Without unduly delaying, the shortstop should 
always take time to steady himself where the occasion permits. 
A slow bounder must necessarily be taken on the run. If it is 
waited for the chances are the runner will beat it out. The most 
successful throwers from shortstop and second, who have the 
reputations of being able to shoot the ball accurately from any 
old position on the dead gallop, throw underhanded. Thus they 
save the interval it would take to straighten up. This is a hard 
throw, however, as the fielder is virtually looking at the first 
baseman from a distorted angle and his throw therefore is liable 
to go wrong. As stated before, however hard a play seems, if 
it saves a fraction of an instant it should be tried until found 
impossible or successful. 

A great many of the old-time fielders were sticklers for putting 
their heels together and fielding according to precise method, 
r believe that every boy or man who is learning the game of 
base ball will find out by trial the method of handling ground 
balls best suited to his individuality. Few of the ball players 
of the present time pay any attention to keeping their heels 
together and such old-age maxims. The shortstop should play 
his position with his hands. If it goes through these the chances 
are the runner will be safe anyhow, and the fielders arc now 
coached to back up the infield so that any chance of an extra 
base would be prevented by them. 

The "pickup" is the play that makes most trouble for short- 
stops. So long as irregularities of the ground do not inter- 
fere, there is no reason why practice shouldn't make the short- 
stop perfectly accurate on this form of grounder however. 

Covering second is one of the duties, frequently an onerous 
one, of the shortstop. By prearrangement with the second base- 
man it is understood which player is to cover the bag under cer- 
tain conditions. The play of the opposing team, however, may 
necessitate constant changing of this arrangement through the 
game. For example, a base runner, by a " bluff " break for second, 



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may draw over the man who is to cover second and thus locate 
him. On the next day a hit and run with the batter may be 
worked and the batter push a single through the place he knew 
would be left open by the man covering second. 

The pitcher, second baseman and shortstop should also have 
a code of signals in order to play a runner when he gets on the 
second station. 

Most shortstops, when It has been decided that they are to 
cover the bag on certain plays, want the catcher to throw the 
ball direct to the base and take chances on getting to it in time. 
In nearly every case there will be little trouble in getting there. 
While it is part of the catcher's business to throw a perfect ball, 
still the shortstop ought to get all the practice he can in re- 
ceiving throws and putting then on imaginary runners. The 
fraction of an instant in getting down to the gromid with that 
throw counts here. It is the old story of an instant against thfl 
runner, which is the key of defensive play. 



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SPEED IS WHAT COUNTS 

Any player who expects to become a shortstop must be able to 
throw from any position and to throw hard and fast; he must 
be good on handling ground balls and must be quick at every- 
thing he does. Nearly every play he makes requires the utmost 
speed he can put into it as delays are dangerous. 

The most critical time for the shortstop is when men are on 
the bases and good batsmen are up. As the game is played now 
it is easy enough for the m m on base and at bat to draw the 
fire of the defensive team and find whether second or shortstop 
intends covering the bag for a throw after attempts at the hit- 
and-run play. Having found this out, the batsman can hit 
through the man who is to cover the bag, or can try to, and the 
shortstop or second baseman, whoever he may be, can't help the 
matter. The only counter .to this is for short and secon4 to 
change their tactics in this respect after each feint by the 
enemy. 

With men on bases, too, the shortstop has to be doubly watch- 
ful, both to cover the bag or to handle possible hits. He is im- 
peded by runners in front of him likewise. 

Covering the bag is one of the most difficult features of the 
play for the shortstop, inasmuch as it is to his left and all his 
play in this matter is to the wrong side of him. Some players 
watch the catcher for signals as to covering second base. This 
is as good as another, though the agreement is usually between 
the second baseman and shortstop. In any event, the player 
should be very careful about leaving his position before the ball 
is on the way to the plate. 

Most shortstops prefer to have the catcher throw the ball at 
the base and low, taking chances on getting there in time. As a 
rule the chance against this is not large. 




ARTHUR FLETCHER 



S-palding's Athletic Library. 15 

As to covering the bag there are one or two rules that should 
apply always. Every ball hit to the left of the pitcher should be 
the signal for the shortstop to cover second. The general di- 
rection of the hit is quickly ascertained by the shortstop and 
by the time the fielder is ready to make the play at second the 
shortstop will have beaten his throw to the base. 

With first and third bases occupied, the shortstop should cover 
the base on throws from the catcher, leaving the second base- 
man in a better position to return a short throw to the plate in 
case the third baseman starts for home. 

The fielding of the shortstop's berth is the busiest of the entire 
infield. For while the shortstop is making plays as hard as any 
on the diamond, he has, even while making the effort, to decide 
in his own mind what throw will accomplish the best results, what 
time he has to make the effort, and how he will throw the ball. 

There are times when a fraction of a second makes or mars 
a play for the shortstop, and therefore he has little time to 
think. I usually have the situation sized up for any possible 
condition before the batsman has hit the ball. The rest is a 
matter of mechanical fielding, and, as a rule, difficult throwing. 
Unless a man has an arm of steel and is very quick, he has little 
chance to last long. It is a terrific strain on the arms, an 1 the 
body, too, and few men stick long in this position because of 
the wear and tear. 

Study batters and watch the signals of the battery. You will 
find it will help you greatly in judging about what is going to 
happen. 

All shortfielders should get underhand throwing practice and 
plenty of it. It is this form of delivery of the ball that enables 
shortstops to get the ball away without having to straighten up 
and draw^ back the arm. 



Spalding's Athletic Library. 17 



SHORT TALK WITH THE BOYS 

By Albert Bridwell. 

In my observation it has yet to fail that when a score of boys 
are gathered for a base ball game, the spryest and most active of 
the group will wish to play shortstop if sides are chosen. 

I can recall that when I played ball as a boy, I was one of the 
youngsters who essayed to play shortstop, because I had the repu- 
tation of moving rapidly over the ground, and there were few 
of my acquaintance who were tieet of foot and adroit who had 
not a similar inclination. 

As I remember it, the boy who could play tag and seldom be 
touched, and the boy who could take part in prisoner's base and 
elude most of the boys who played against him, usually, for some 
reason or another, drifted into the position of shortstop when 
it came to a ball game. 

Boys as they grow older and become young men learn that 
this seemingly natural selection of youth follows when the nines 
of mature years are placed on the field. The agile and alert 
player becomes a shortstop as naturally as the tall and cool boy, 
with a knack of catching thrown balls perfectly, gravitates to the 
position of first base. 

For that reason, I wish to lend my encouragement to the short 
and sturdy chaps, who move with the rapidity of well trained 
and developed muscles, for the position of shortstop. Nine times 
out of ten, if the impulse of base ball takes them to that position 
on the diamond, they will succeed. 

Any number of instances may be cited to prove this. At the 
present time we always can find excellent shortstops among the 
major league players who are men of lesser stature than those at 
some other positions on the field. For that reason, it is safe to 
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l8 Spalding's Athletic Library. 

height, to play shortstop if he feels it in him to be a shortstop, 
and to stick to the position once he undertakes it. 

The theory that the shortstop and second baseman have each a 
single position to play on the infield has been abandoned. To 
be strictly accurate both play two positions. Perhaps I might bet- 
ter state it by saying that they alternate in two positions. 

Each of them has a field of his own to play and each of them 
at times must guard second base. Further than that, both of them 
are called upon to act as relay outfielders. For example : with a 
man on first base, the next batter is a pronounced right field hit- 
ter. To guard second against being stolen, or to assist in re- 
tiring the runner at second if the batter should hit the ball to 
right field, it is evident that for the time being the shortstop must 
become the second baseman. 

To reverse that, if there is a runner on first base and the 
batter is a pronounced left field hitter, it is equally apparent that 
the shortstop must guard his position, while the second baseman 
naturally becomes the player on watch at the base of which he is 
supposed to be the custodian. 

Thus it is evident that the shortstop, in addition to his duties 
as a fielder, must also meet all the requirements of a first class 
baseman when it becomes necessary to handle the ball accurately 
on runners. 

On long hits to left field, and left center field particularly, the 
shortstop must be ready to relay the throw from the outfielder, 
exactly as the second baseman is required to become the relay as- 
sistant on all long drives to right field, and to right center field. 
Throughout all the incidents of a ball game the shortstop and 
second baseman are ceaselessly in earnest in supporting the field- 
ing of their team mates. 

As a rule the man of average height, who is not required to 
carry surplus weight, is quick of motion — an attribute which is of 
the greatest necessity to the shortstop. Within one inning a 
shortstop may be called upon to back up the third baseman on a 
hit which slants from third toward short and which the third 
baseman but imperfectly stops. He may be asked to relay the 



Spalding's Athletic Library. 19 

ball from the center fielder to the plate. He may be called upon 
to cover second base on a throw made by the second baseman. 
It may be his duty to receive a throw from the catcher at second 
because the second baseman cannot afford to leave his own ter- 
ritory for the time being. There may be a chance after the pitcher 
has partially knocked down a ground hit which only the shortstop 
can handle by running through from his customary place to the 
spot where the ball rolls after it bounds from the pitcher's hands. 
Thus you see the shortstop is a young man of many possibihties, 
and to be successful in all of these chances he must not only be 
speedy, but he must have the endurance and the stamina to sup- 
port him in his great activities on the diamond. 

Elsewhere much advice has been given as to the playing of the 
position of shortstop. It is all good advice, and certain to be val- 
uable to any young player. What I am trying to make clear is 
the fact that to be successful at shortstop there must be great 
innate speed possibilities, and that young players who have 
natural speed and natural ability to handle hits batted along the 
ground, and to catch speedy and not always accurate throws, are 
to be encouraged to play shortstop if they begin in that particular 
position. 

Except that the shortstop is now quite as much of a second 
baseman as he is a shortstop, there is nothing relatively different 
in the work on that part of the infield from what there was 
years ago. There never has been a time when the shortstop 
was not a supporting player. The very theory of his position, 
from the days when the pastime began to develop along its pres- 
ent lines, were that he should be as nearly ubiquitious as possible. 
He is supposed to be fast enough to back up almost everybody 
on the field — with the possible exception of the outfielders. He 
cannot get behind them. It is too far away. But he has become 
a valuable assistant to them by reason of his ability to run far 
into the outfield and help them home with the ball, and that 
very play has saved more than one game in the larger profes- 
sional organizations. 

Modern batting has changed the work of the third baseman 



20 Spalding's Athletic Library. 

and the pitcher, because it has given both of them the difficult 
bunt hit to handle. The same play has affected the first base- 
man, although not to a like extent, because the first baseman, 
except in the greatest of emergencies, must still be considered 
the guardian of the base at which he is stationed. 

Modern batting has not had a like effect on the fielding of the 
shortstop. Hits to his field vary little from what they did years 
ago. If there is any change of note it is more in the batters than 
it is in the kind of hits which they make. More left hand 
batters and more batters of great sprinting ability make it in- 
cumbent on the shortstop to handle the ball with accuracy and 
extreme rapidity. Some of the batters of the professional 
leagues are adept in hitting the ball slowly at an extreme angle 
between third and shortstop, where it is almost out of the ques- 
tion for the third baseman to handle it, and where the only 
chance which the shortstop has is to be fully as lively as the 
batter and alert enough to divine his intention. 

Taking everything into consideration, I believe that the boy 
of average height will find that the position of shortstop is 
as much or more to his liking than any on the field, provided 
he combines an abundance of speed with his inches. 




GEORGE McBRlDE 



Spalding's Athletic Library. 21 



SOME WACNERISMS 

By the Editor. 

At first I thought of making the title of this brief article some 
"Aphorisms by Hans Wagner," but it is so difficult to get this 
great and genial player to devote a formal period to the dis- 
cussion of baseball that it was given up. The only way to gather 
information from Wagner is to pick it up here and there as he 
is heard to discuss certain plays in traveling about during the 
league circuit and as he talks of baseball now and then when 
he is home with the folks. 

The modesty of Wagner has not been exaggerated. He is 
every bit as modest and as unassuming as he is a great ball 
player, and he is one of the greatest ball players who ever lived 
in the history of our great American game. 

Through the necessity of the Pittsburg club to have a com- 
petent man at shortstop most of his playing has been done at 
that position, but he can also play first base, second base and 
the outfield. I do not know that he ever tried his hand at third 
base and if there is one position more than another on the 
diamond which might embarrass him, perhaps it is third base. 
That would be largely due to his haste in getting the ball 
over to the first baseman, for he is a very hard and swift 
thrower, and occasionally he might shoot the ball into the stands. 

"WAGNERISMS." 

Don't fool with the ball. It is just as likely to fool you. 
When it comes toward the place that you are playing on the field 
try to figure where you will stop it the surest, and then stop it. 

Pretty motions aren't half so valuable as throwing out the bat- 
ter. If somebody says that you threw the ball like a camel, never 
mind, if you got the player out. 

When you stop the ball on the ground, smother it. Don't try 
to get it with the ends of your fingers. Not only will the ball 



22 Spalding's Athletic Library. 

be apt to get away from you, but your fingers may be none the 
better for the contact. 

Don't play baseball with flat feet. A fielder must be in motion 
or be ready to get in motion. An inch gained when the ball 
left the bat may be a foot gained when it gets to you, and the 
foot that you have gained may be a gain of a yard on the bat- 
ter who is trying for the base. 

When a base runner is coming to the base and you are guard- 
iiig it to receive the throw, keep your eye on the ball, instead of 
Oil the runner, but be sure that you know your distance from 
the base. Young players occasionally make perfect catches but 
imperfect motions when they are trying to reach the run- 
ner, because they have underestimated the difference between 
tl em and the base. Nothing makes a man feel cheaper than to 
reach for a runner and find that he has slid to the base in safety 
because the fielder was playing too far inside. 

Don't try to play hard hits with a soft hand. Know that the 
lall is coming with speed and be prepared to grip it, not to pat 
it softly. 

Know the position of first base so well that when a fast run- 
rer is on his way to the base you are never compelled to take 
a second look before you are ready to send the ball away from 
you. 

Cultivate plenty of freedom of motion in the shoulder. Many 
an infielder loses an opportunity to make a good play because he 
is too accustomed to use his forearms in stopping the ball when 
he should be equally as proficient in using the full arm. 

Plenty of practice in handling slow grounders will never hurt 
r.ny young player. The ball, slowly twisting and squirming over 
the turf, is a great deal harder to handle than when it bounds 
regularly, and with little motion to it except the forward mo- 
tion, which has been communicated by the force with which it 
was batted. 

Know what the ne^'t play must be on the field. There is 
little excuse for the infielder who throws to first base when 
he should have thrown to second to try for a double play. 



Spalding's Athletic Library. 23 

Young players frequently do that because they have not thought 
out the probabilities of the game in advance. 

The shortstop can work with the pitcher as well as any 
other member of a team. If he knows that the pitcher is trying 
to force a batter to hit the ball to a certain part of the field 
he can afford to lend his assistance toward covering any point 
where the next play is likely to occur. If it is well known that 
a certain batter is a pronounced right field hitter and the ex- 
igencies of the game make it better for him to bat in that par- 
ticular direction at a certain time, the shortstop who edges over 
to third at that point is not helping the strategy of his team 
very much. 

Study the batters. All of them have theif peculiarities. They 
may fool everybody two or three times in succession and the 
next ten times bat exactly where they are usually accustomed to 
push the ball. 

Xo hesitancy need be had in wearing a glove. Everybody 
wears them now and they save the hands. A shortstop with two 
good hands is a great deal better than a shortstop with battered 
fingers, who loses the telling hit in the greatest emergency. 

It is always good base ball to be able to run back of the short- 
stop's position and catch those tantalizing short flies which are 
the bane of all teams in the field. Many a game has been 
won because the shortstop was too slow and the left fielder too 
far out to get a fly which either could have caught in one hand. 

Occasionally it is not a bad play to block a runner, but it is 
pretty poor base ball to try to block every runner who is trying 
for second base. Some don't need to be blocked, and others are 
as clumsy in trying to make the base as they would be in at- 
tempting a double somersault. It is well to study their ways of 
sliding. Almost all of them have qualities which are their per- 
sonal property. 

Never try to make a one hand stop when it would be every 
bit as easy to handle the ball with both hands. Your team 
mates are not interested in your personal gracefulness. They 
want to see the batters put out. 




ROGER PECKINPAUGH 



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REQUIREMENTS OF SHORTSTOP PLAY 

By Hugh Jennings, 
Manager of the Detroit team, premier shortstop of his time. 

It is a difficult matter to give points on paper as to what are 
the requirements of superior work at shortstop. The ball player 
par excellence is the one who intuitively knows what to do and 
has the speed and mechanical skill to do it accurately. He does 
not have to stop to think or to reason. His studying has been 
done before hand, so that no situation during a game will arise 
that can catch him napping. He "lies awake nights" planning 
how to meet the emergency that has just arisen. It is no new 
situation that requires hesitancy. It is an old friend — or enemy 
— and is welcomed as furnishing the opportunity of putting plans, 
well-laid beforehand, into instant execution. 

For that reason I say it is a rather difficult matter to set down 
on cold paper what are the requirements of acceptable work at 
short. The whole thing might be summed up in the advice to 
study the possibilities, and, having studied, study some more. 
Whatever the position may be on the ball field — shortstop or bat 
boy — there is room for thought and study as to how to do the 
work in the best possible way. For the shortstop the endeavor 
should be to plan out the best methods of defense — to keep his 
opposing players from making runs — and of offense — how to 
make as many runs himself or aid in his team mates making 
them. 

Not so long ago I had some experience at shortstop myself, 
and from what I learned during that period and from watching 
other men at the position and at other stations, I have reached 
the conclusion that the position of shortstop is not only the most 
important, but is the most difficult of them all if played properly. 
Those who are disposed to question this assertion will' argue 



26 Spalding's Athletic Library. 

that the shortstop has more time to get in front of the drives 
than the first or third baseman, for instance, and that these drives 
do not come to h>m with the same speed. Concisely, that the short- 
stop has more time to handle less difficult offerings than those 
sent to either third or first base. But v^hatever credit to the 
position can be derived from this feature is more than over- 
balanced by others. Without leaving the imaginary lines that 
bound his own legitimate territory, he must be able to make head- 
long dives that are to terminate in wonderful scoop-ups of balls 
that sizzle past; and, having done so, he must ofttimes make 
phenomenally long, quick and accurate throws. 

He must be prepared at any moment to go outside of his recog- 
nized territory and back up second, third and home, besides going 
far into the outfield to relay throw-ins of long hits. To play the 
position well a man must certainly have a good pair of hands 
and a good arm and be fast on his feet. 

A good pair of hands is absolutely essential because of the 
many ground hits sent in his direction and also because he is 
supposed to take a majority of the catcher's throws when an 
attempt is made to steal. A strong arm is required because of 
the long, quick throws necessary when playing deep. Speed is 
essential because of the amount of territory he must cover on 
both sides. 

A shortstop can improve his position very much if he becomes 
the directing head of the infield. When the ball is not hit to 
him he must direct the man to whom it is hit where to throw it 
so that he will not hesitate in sending the ball immediately where 
it will do the most good. 

The position of shortstop offers the most brilliant possibilities 
to the young amateur. He has chances to distinguish himself 
there he could gain in no other position. Bring to it the study, 
practice, good pair of hands, able and accurate arm and the speed 
essential and I am sure the man who chooses to shine at that post 
will never have cause to regret his choice. 



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Model SI 31 in. 35 to 39 oz. Model S5 34 in. 40 to 44 oz. Model S9 -35 in. 40 to 45 oz. 
Model S2 34 , in. 40to45oz. ModelS6-33 in. 38 to 43 oz. Model SIO- 33 in. 37 to 43 oz. 
Model S3-31 '.in. 38 to 42 oz. Model S7- 33 in. 37 to 43 oz. Model SI 1—35 in. 42 to 46 oz. 
Model S4-32', in. 40to45oz. Model S8-34 in. 39to44oz. Model S12-33 in. 40 to 44 02. 

Spalding Professional Improved Oil Finish Bats 

No. lOOP. The Spalding Professional Improved Oil Finish as used on this line is 
the result of exhaustive exi)eriments and tests conducted in our bat factory, with 
the assistance of some of the greatest professional players. The timber used is 
identical with that in "Players' Autograph" and "All Star" models. Each, $1.00 

Furnished in any of the following twelve models — Mention model number when ordering 
LENGTH WEIGHT 
Model Pi 31 in. 35 to 39 oz. 
Model P2 33 in. 38 to 43 oz. 
Model P3 33 in. 39 to 44 oz. 



LENGTH WEIGHT 

Model P5— 34 in. 40 to 44 oz 

Model P6 35 in. 40 to 44 oz 

Model P7- 34 ih. 39 to 43 oz 



LENGTH WEIGHT 
Modol P9 34 ,in. 40to45oz 
ModelPlO 34 in. 38to42oz 
Model PI 1 35 in. 45 to 50 oz 



Model P4-33 



36 1 



IP8 -34" 



38to43oz. ModelP12'3S in. 40to45< 



Spalding Black Oil-Tempered Bats 



No. lOOD. These bats are tempered in hot oil and afterwards treated with a 
sjiecial process which darkens and hardens the surface and has exactly the same 
elfedt as aging from long service. The special treatment these bats are subjected 
to make them most desirable for players who keep two or three bats in use, as the 
oil gradually works in and the bats keep improving. Line of models has been 
very carefully selected. Timber used is the sime as-in our "Players' Autograph, " 
"All Star." "Professional Oil Finish" and Gold Medal lines. . . Each, $1.00 

Furnished in any of the following twelve models Mention i 
LENGTH WEIGHT LENGTH WEIGHT 

Model Dl- 31 in. 35 to 39 oz. ModelD5-34 in. 40to44oz. 
Model D2-33 
Model D3-33 
Model D4-33 



38 


to 43 oz. 


Model D6-35 


in. 40to44oz 


39 


to 44 oz. 


Model D7 34 


in. 39 to 43 oz 


36 


to 40 oz. 


Model D8 34 'j 


in. 38 to 43 oz 



odel number when ordering 

LENGTH WEIGHT 
Model D9-34',in. 40to45oz. 
ModelDlO-34 in. 38to42oz. 
ModelDll-35 in. 45to50oz. 
Model D12 35 in. 40 to 45 oz. 



Spalding Gold Medal Natural Finish Bats 

No. lOOG. Models same as our "Professional Oil Finish," but finished in a high 
French polish, with no staining. Timber is same as in our "Players' Autograph,". 
"All Star," and other highest quality lines, and models duplicate in lengths, weights, 
etc.. the line of Spalding "Professional Oil Finish" styles. . . . Each, $1.00 

Furnished in any of the following twelve models — Mention model number when ordering 
LENGTH WEIGHT LENGTH WEIGHT 

Model Nl -31 in. 35 to 39 oz. Model N5-34 in. 40to44oz. 
Model N2 33 in 38 to 43 oz. Model N6 -35 in. 40 to 44 oz. 
Model N3 33 in. 39 to 44 oz. Model N7— 34 in. 39 to 43 oz. 
Model N4- 33 in. 36 to 40 oz. Model N8-34'4in. 38 to 43 oz. 

Spalding bats improve with age if properly cared for. Bats made specially to 
order should not be used for at least thirty (30) days after they are finished, to 
give ample time for the oiled finish to thoroughly harden. Players should make 

it a rule to have two or more bats in reserve at all times. 

HOLD BAT PROPERLY AND STRIKE THE BALL WITH THE GRAIN. DON'T BLAME THE 

MAKER FOR A BREAK WHICH OCCURS THROUGH IMPROPER USE OR ABUSE. 

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Mode 


N9- 


-34' 


in. 40 to 45 oz. 


Mode 


NIO- 


-.34 


in. 38to42oz. 


Mode 


Nll- 


-.35 


in. 45 to 50 oz. 


Mode 


N12 


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Spalding Genuine Natural Oil Tempered Bats 

No. lOOT. Made of the highest quality, thoroughly seasoned second growth 
ash, specially selected for resiliency and driving power, natural yellow oil 
tempered, hand finished to a perfect dead smooth surface and made in twelve 
simply wonderful models, the pick of the models that have actually won the 
American League and National League Championships during the past few 
years. .... _^ ......... ^ .... . Each. $1.00 

FurnUhed in any of the following twelve models— Mention model number when ordering 

LENGTH WEIGHT LENGTH WEIGHT LENGTH WEIGHT 

ModelTl. 33 .in 36 to41 or. Model T5. 32 .in. 44to48oz. Model T9. 33 ^,in. 45 toSOoz. 
ModelT2. 34 in. 39to43oz. Model T6. 34', in. 41to45oz. Model TIO. 36 in. 43to47oz. 
ModelT3. 35 in. 40to44or. ModelT7. 34 in. 43to47oz. ModelTll.34 in. 37lo41oz. 
Model T4. 34'; in. 38 lo 42 oz. Model T8. 33 in. 45 to SO oz. Model T 1 2. 35 in. 40 to 45 oz. 

Spalding New Special College Bats 

No. lOOM. An entirely new line, special new finish; special stain and mottled 
burning: carefully filled, finished with best French polish. Wood is finest second 
growth Northern ash, specially seasoned. Models -are same as we have supplied 
to some of the most successful college players. ...... Each, $1.00 

Furnished in any of the following twelve models— Mention model number when ordering 

LENGTH WEIGHT LENGTH WEIGHT CENQTH WEIGHT 

Model Ml. 31 in. 35 to 39 oz. Model MS. 34 in. 40 lo 44 oz. Model M9. 35 in.' 40 to 45 oz. 
ModelM2. 34', in. 40 lo 45 oz. Model M6. 33 in. 38 to 43 oz. ModelMlO. 33 in. 37 lo 43 oz. 
ModelM3. 31';in. 38to42oz. Model M7. 33 in. 37 to 43 oz. ModelMlI. 35 in. 42lo46oz. 
ModelM4. 32', in. <0lo4Soz. Model M8. 34 in. 39 to 44 oz. ModelM12. 33 In. 40 lo 44 oz. 

Spalding Very Dark Brown Special Taped Bats 

No. lOOB. \'ery dark brown stained, almost black, except twelve inches of the 
handle left perfectly natural, with no finish e.xcept filled and hand-rubbed smooth, 
and then beginning four inches from end of handle, five inches of electric tape, , 
wound on bat to produce perfect non-slip grip. . .- . . . . Each, $1.00 

Furnished in any of the following six models — Mention model number when ordering 

LENGTH WEIGHT LENGTH WEIGHT; LENGTH WEIGHT 

ModelBl. 31in. 35 to 40 oz. Model B3. 32'.:in. 40to44oz. Model BS. 34 in. 37to41oz. 
Model B2.* 32 In. 38 to 43 oz. Model B4. 33 in. 39to46oz. Model B6. 34}jin. 37to41oz. 

Spalding bats improve with age if properly cared for. Bats made specially to 

order should not be used for at least thirty (>30) days after they are finished, to 

give ample time for the oiled finish to thoroughly. harden. Players should make 

it a rule to have two or more bats in reserve at all times. 



Spalding Trade-Mark Bats 



No. 75. Wagon Tongue. Most popular models, light antique finish. Onedozenina 
crate (assorted lengths, 30 to 35 inches and weights, 36 to 42 ounces). Each, 75c. 



No. 50M. Mushroom. A^.^T.'i.. Special finish. 
Invaluable as an all-around bat. . Each, 50c. 
No. F. "Fungo." Hardwood. 38 inches long, thin 
model. Professional oil finish. . Each, $1.00 
No. 50W. "Fungo." Willow, light weight, full 

size bat, plain handle Each, 50c. 

No. 50T. Taped "League" ash, extra quality, 

special finish Each, 50c. 

No. 50. "League," ash, plain handle. " 50c. 
No. 25. "City League, " plain handle. " 25c. 



No. SOB. "Spalding Junior," 
special finish. Specially sel- 
ected models; lengths , and 
weights proper for younger 
players. . . . Each, 50c. 
No. 25B. "Junior League," 
plain, extra quality ash, spotted 
burning. . . . Each, 25c. 
No. lOB. "Boys' League" Bat, 
good ash, varnished. Ea., 10c. 



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SPALDING 
CATCHERS' MITTS 

No. 11-0. "Tfie Giant." Heavy brown leather 
throughout ; laced back. ' 'Stick-on-the-hand ' ' 
strap-and-buckle fastening. .. Each, $10.00 

No. 10-0. "'^?,?^»s?f"?;.=*"- Patent Molded 
Face. Brown calfskin. King Patent Felt Pad- 
ding. Laced back, "Stick on-the-Hand" strap- 
and-buckle fastening; • . . . Each, $9.00 

No. 10-OP. " "woRiD sERies" ''same a<! No. 
10-0, but patent perforated palm. Each, $8.00 

No. 9-0. "Three-and-Out," Patented Molded 
face; hand formed pocket. Brown calfskin; 
hair felt jiadding; patent laced back; leather 
Strap and brass buckle fastening. Each, $8.00 

No. 9-OP. Patent "Perforated'! Palm. Other- 
wise same as No. 9-0. - . ' .^ Each, $8.00 

No. 8-0. "Olympic." Palm specially prepared 
leather. Back and side special brown calfskin. 
Leather lace. Leather, bound edges. Hand 
Stitched, formed padding. . ^ Each', $7.00 

No. FO; "Foxy.'' Brown calfskin^ Patent 
combination shaped face: hair felt padding. 
Fox Patent Padding Pocket. Extra felt sup- 
pHed with mitt "Stick on the Hand" strap- 
and-buckle fastening, r^-: •— Each, $7.00 

No. 7-0. " Perfection." •> Brown calfskin. 
Patent combination shaped face; hair felt pad- 
ding. Patent laced back and thumb; leather 
lace.' y-r*^ : . -^^^n Each, $6,00 

No. 6-0.~ "G>llegiate." Molded face. Olive 
colored leather. King Patent Felt Padding. 
;)alent laced back and thumb. Each, $5.00 

No. OG. "Conqueror." Semi-molded face. 
I'lQwncalf, black leather bound; leather laced; 
IIccl of hand piece felt lined. > Each, $5.00 
■:.i. 5-0. "League Extra." Molded face. Buff 
i'ored leather, patent felt padding; Heel of 
iiand piece felt lined. . . ;-. , ^^Each, $4.00 

No. OK. "OK Model." Semi-molded, brown 
horse hide face. Felt padding, red leather 
edges. Heel of hand piece felt lined. Ea.,$4.00 



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SPALDING CATCHERS^ MITTS 

No. 3-0. "Decker Patent." Brown oak leather; 
patent laced back; laced at thumb. Sole leather 
Decker Patent finger protection. Each, $3.50 
No. 2-0. "Leader." Brown oak leather face, 
back and finger piece. Patent laced back; 

laced at thumb Each, $3.50 

No. 4-0. "League Special." (j.o^^'lsoe) Molded 
face. Brown leather; felt padding. Heel of 
hand piece felt lined. . . . Each, $3.50 
No. O. "Interstate." Brown leather face, side 
and finger piece. .... Each, $3.00 
No. OH. "Handy." Pearl grain leather face, 
brown leather back; felt padding; laced, re- 
inforced at thumb. . . ■ . Each, $3.00 
No. OR. "Decker Patent." Black leather; 
Sole leather Decker Patent finger protection. 
Each, $2.50 
No. OA. " Inter-City." Brown cowhide face 
and finger piece, green leather back and side 
piece; red leather binding; reinforced and laced 
at thumb; oatent laced back. Each, $2.50 
No. IS." ''Athletic." Large model, smoked 
horse hide face and finger piece, brown leather 
side piece and back; reinforced and laced at 
thumb; patent laced back. . . Each, $2.00 
No. IR. "jSemi-Pro." Large model; black 
grain- leather; reinforced and laced at thumb: 
patent laced back, leather lace. Each, $2.00 
No. IX. "Trade League." Large model ; face 
and finger piece buff colored leather, black lea- 
ther back and side piece; leather bound; pat- 
ent laced back. Felt padding. Each, $2.00 
No. IC. "Back-Stop." Large model; special 
gray leather face and finger piece; brown lea- 
ther side and back; padded. Each, $1.50 
No. ID. "Champion." Black leather face, 
back and finger piece, with brown leather side. 
Padded; patent laced back. , Each, $1.50 
No. lA. "Catcher." Oak leather face, back 
and finger piece, black leather side piece. 
Laced at thumb. .... Each, $1.25 
No. 2C. "Foul Tip." Oak leather. Padded; 
reinforced and laced at thumb. Each, $1.00 
No. 2R. "Association." Black leather face, 
back and finger piece. . . . Each, $1.00 
No. 3. "Amateur." Oak tanned leather face, 

back and finger piece Each, 75c. 

No. 3R, " Interscholastic." Black leather face, 
back and finger piece. . . ... Each, 75c. 

No. 4. "Public School." Large size. Brown oak 
leather; reinforced, laced at thumb. Ea.,50c. 
No. 4R. " Boys' Amateur." Large size. Black 
leather face and finger piece. . Each, 50c. 
No. 5. "Boys' Delight." Face and finger 
piece of brown oak tanned leather. Each, 25c. 

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SPALDING INFIELDERS' GLOVES 

No. VXL. "Just Right." "Broken-In" style. Spe- 
cially treated brown calfskin. Full leather lined. 
Welted seams. Supplied in either regular or "Cadet" 
fingers. King Patent Padding. (j„^;'j,".''sm) Each, $5.00 
No. SXL. "All Players." "Broken-In" Buckskin. 
Finest material throughout. Full leather lined. Welted 
seams. King Patent Padding. {ij:i'T,i,o) ' Each, $5.00 
No. AAl. "'^o«^Ps,s^HiES" Professional model. 
Finest buckskin, specially treated to help plaver break 
glove into shape. Very little padding. Welted seams. 
Leather lined throughout. One of the most popular 

models. Regular padding Each, $4.00 

No. BBl. '"«'Ok«I'» r?.^u?'=*" Finest buckskin. Worn 
by successful National and American League infielders. 
Goodwidth and length. Leather lined. Welted seams. 
King Patent Padding. (j.!;;'S,'^5,o) . . . Each, $4.00 
No. SS. "Leaguer." With shorter "Cadet" fingers 
than in other gloves. Best quality buckskin. Welted 
seams and leather lined all through. . Each, $4.00 
No. PX. "Professional." Felt lined. Finest buckskin, 
same as in our No. PXL glove. Padded according to 
ideas of prominent professional players who prefer 
felt to leather lining. Welted seams. Each, $3.00 
No. RXL. "League Extra." Black calfskin. Highest 
quality throughout. Design similar to No. PXL. Full 
Jeather lined. Welted seams. . . . Each, $3.50 
tNo. PXL. "Professional." Finest buckskin. Heavily 
-t)added around edges and little finger. E.\tra long to 
' protect wrist. Leather lined. Welted seams. Supplied 
in regular and "Cadet" fingers. . . Each, $3.50 
Xo. XWL. ''League Special." Specially tanned calf- 
kin. Padded with felt. Extra long to protect wrist, 
Hij,'hest quality workmanship. Full leather lined. 

Welted seams Each, $3.00 

No. 2W. "Minor League." Smoked horse hide. Pro- 
fessional model. Full leather lined. King Patent Felt 
Padding^ (j..i;;'j?,";^„o) Welted seams. . . Each, $3.00 
No. 2XR. "Inter-City." Black calfskin. Professional 
style; padded little finger; leather strap at thumb; 
welted seams; leather lined throughout. Each, $2.50 
No. PBL. "Professional Jr." Youths' Professional 
style. Selected velvet tanned buckskin. Same as No. 
PXL. Leather lined. Welted seams. Each, $2.50 
No. 2X. "League." Specially tanned pearl colored 
grain leather. Same as special shortstop glove No. SS. 
Welted seams; leather lined throughout. Each, $2.50 
No. 2Y. "International." Smoked horse hide. Pro- 
fessional style, specially padded little finger, and 
leather strap at thumb; welted seams. Full leather 
lined throughout Each, $2.50 



All the glove* described above 
Finger, which can be cut out V( 

with our patented diverted »eam (Patented March 10, 1908) 
to the durability of the gl 



made regularly with Web of Leather between Thumb and First 

ly if not required. All Spalding Infieldert' Gloves are made 

ween fingers, adding considerably 



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No. 3X. "Semi-Pro." Gray buck tanned leather. Large 
model. Correctly padded; welted seams. Leather 

lined throughout Each, $2.00 

No.4X. "Association." Brown leather.specially treated. 
Popular model. Padded little finger, and leather strap 
at thumb. Welted seams; full leather lined. £a.,$2.00 
No.SXR. "Amateur." Black tanned leather, padded, 
large thumb. Welted seams. Leather lined. Ea.,$2.00 
No. XL. "Club Special." White leather, padded on pro- 
fessional model. Welted seams. Leather lined. $1.50 
No. XLA. "Either Hand." Worn on right or left hand. 
(Pat. Sept. 12, 1911), White tanned leather, correctly 
padded. Weltedseams. Full leather lined. Each.$1.50 
No. 11, "Match." Professional style. Special tanned 
olive colored leather throughout. Welted seams; cor- 
rectly padded. Leather lined. . . . Each, $1.50 
No. ML, "Diamond." Special model. Smoked sheep- 
skin, padded. Full leather lined. . . Each, $1.50 
No.XS. "Practice." White velvettannedleather. Welted 
seams; inside hump. Full leather lined. Each, $1.25 
No.l 5. "Regulation," Men's size, Brown tanned leather, 
padded. Weltedseams. Palm leather lined, Ea..$1.00 
No.l5R."ReguIation."Men'ssize. Black tanned leather, 
padded; inside hump. Palm leather lined. Each,$1.00 
No. 10. "Mascot." Men's size. Olive tanned leather, 
padded. Popularmodel. Palm leather lined. Ea.,$1.00 
No. X. "Special." Men's size. Oak tanned brown lea- 
ther. Professional model. Leather strap at thumb, 
padded. Weltedseams. Leather lined. Each, $1.00 
No. XB. "Boys' Special." Boys' professional style. 
Whiteleather. Weltedseams. Leatherlined. Ea.,$r.00 
No. 12. "Public School." Full size. White chrome lea- 
ther, padded; inside hump. Palm leatherlined. Ea.,75c. 
No. 13. "Interscholastic." Youths' size. Oak tanned 
brown leather. Professional model. Leather web at 
thumb; padded. Weltedseams. Leatherlined. Ea..75c. 
No. 12R. "League Jr." Full size. Black tanned lea- 
ther, lightly padded, but extra long. . Palm leather 
lined. Welted seams, inside hump. . '*. Each, 75c. 
No.l6."Junior."Fullsize.Whitechrome tanned leather, 
lightly padded,extra long. Palm leather lined. Ea.,50c. 
No. 16W. "Star." Full size. White chrome leather. 
Welted seams; padded. Palm leatherlined. Ea.,50c. 
No. 14X. "Boys' Match." Youths' professional style. 
Special tanned wine colored leather, correctly padded 
and inside hump. Palm leather lined. . Each, 50c 
No. 17. "Youths."' Brown smooth tanned leather, 
padded; inside hump. Palm leather lined. Each, 50c. 
No. 18. "Boys' Own." Oak tanned leather, padded; 
inside hump. Palm leather lined, . . Each, 25c. 



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All the glovet deicribed above ere made regularly with Web of Leather between Thumb and Firtt 

Finger, which can be cut out very easily if not required. All Spalding Infieldert' Gloves are made 

with our patented diverted team (Patented March 10, 1908) between Fingers, adding considerably 

to the durability of the gloves. 

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No. ABX. "Stick-on-the-Hand." Calfskin. Laced, 
except thumb and heel. Special strap "Stick-on- 
the-Hand " with buckle at back. ( . Each, $5.00 
No. AAX. "First Choice" Broken-In Model. Spe- 
cially prepared leather. King Patent Paddiiig. Lea- 
ther lace. Strap reinforcement at thumb. Ea.,$5.00 
No. AXX. "Good Fit." Brown calfskin, bound with 
black leather. Leather laced. . . Each, $4.00 
No. BXS. " League Special." Brown calfskin, 
bound with brown leather. Leather laced, except 
at heel ; leather strap support at thumb. Ea. , $4.00 
No.AXP. •"^»««¥l..?.?^.=*-" White tanned buck; 
leather lacing-. Leather strap support at thumb. 

King Patent Padding Each, $4.00 

No. BXP. "'«^»B!*>'u»,f=?ps-" Calfskin; leather lac- 
ing. Leather strap support at thumb. King 

Patent Padding .' . . Each,$4.00 

No. CO. ''Professional." Specially treated calfskin. 
Padded, leather laced, except at heel. Each, $3.00 
No. ex. "Semi-Pro." Smoke colored leather face, 
iirown leather back, laced all around, except at 
heel; padded at wrist and thumb. -^ Each, $2.50 
No. CD. "Red Oak." Tanned brown leather; red 
leather binding. ■ Laced, except at thumb and heel, 
leather strap support at thumb. :^; Each, $2.50 
No. CXR. "Amateur" Black leather face, back and 
' lining. Padded; laced, except at heel. Each, $2.00 
No.CXS. "Amateur." Special tanned brown lea- 
ther. Padded; laced, except at heel. Each, $2,00 
No. DX. "Double Play" Oak tanned leather, laced 
all around, except at heel; padded. Each, $1.50 
No. EX. "League Jr." Black smooth leather, |aced all 
around, e.xccpt at heel. Suitably padded. Ea.,$1.00 

All Mittt deicribed above, patented August 9, 1910 
King Patent Padding on No>. AAX, AXP,BXP,Pat. June 28, 1910 

" League Elxtra" Pitchers' and Basemen's Mitt 

No. IF. Face of tanned leather; balance of brown 
calfskin. Without hump. Leather laced. Ea:, $3.5Q 

Spalding Fielders* Mitts^ 

No. 2MF. " League Special." Brown calfskin face 
and back; has finger separations of leather, extra 
full thumb, leather web; leather lined. Ea., $3.00 
No. 5MF. "Professional." Olive leather, padded; 
finger separations; felt lined; leather web. Ea.,$2.00 
No. 6MF. "Semi-Pro." White tanned buckskin; 
leather finger separations; leather lined; large 
thumb; well padded, and leather web. Each, $1.50 
No. 7MF. "Amateur." Pearl colored leather; finger 
separations; padded.: web thumb. Each, $1.00 

No. 8F. "Amateur." Black tanned smooth leather; 
padded; leather lined; reinforced and laced at 
thumb. Strap-and-buckle fastening. Each, $1.00 
No. 9F. . " League Jr." Boy's. Oak tanned leather, 
padded; reinforced and laced at thumb. Each, 50c 

All Style. Made in Rights and Lefts. When Ordering far Loft. 
Handed Players Specify "Full Right." - ' ' 



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SPALDING CATCHERS'. MASKS 

No. 1 1-OD. "SAFETY FIRST" Double Wire, Open Vision, Elec- 
tric Welded Frame. Double wiring adds a little to the ordinary 
weigiit of a mask, but for the catcher who wants the best there 
is no other style worth consideration. Properly padded, including 
every up-to-date feature in construction. . , . .' Each, $6.00 
No. lO-OW. • '■«'o'»''>Ps?=W^*-" L-n^.JrrSr!!.;;!!: Special electric 
welded "Open Vision" blackfinishframe,includingwireear guards 
and circular opening in front. Weight is as light as consistent with 
absolute safety; padding conforms to face with comfort. Ea.,$5.00 
No. 8-0. "Open Vision." J:;' w.^'mrDtr U; islJ- Specially soldered 
and reinforced frame of highest quality special steel wire, black 
finish. Carefully reinforced with hard solder at joining points. 
Special wire ear guards. . .'.••. .*.... Each, $5.00 
No. 5-0. "Open Vision" Umpires' Mask. Has neck protecting 
attachment and special ear protection; nicely padded. Principal 
wire crossings specially soldered. Safest and most convenient 
style ever made for umpires. . ." , , •• , . * . Each, $5.00 
No. 6-0. " Special Soldered." Principal wire crpssings heavily 
soldered. "Open Vision," extra heavy wire frame, black 
finished; continuous style padding, with soft chin-pad; special 

elastic head-band , . Each, $4.00 

No. 4-0. "Sun Protecting." Patent leather sun-shade, protec- 
ting eyes without obstructing view. . "Open Vision," electric 
welded frame of e.xtra heavy steel wire, black finish. With soft 
chin-pad; improved design hair-filled pads, including forehead 
"pad; elastic head band, . . ..-.-. . - . . , Each, $4.00 
!No. 3-0. "Neck Protecting." Neck protecting arrangement 
affords positive protection. "Open Vision, " electric welded, black 
.finish frame; comfortable pads, with soft chin-pad and special 
elastic head-strap. • , . ... , . . ~ ,' . . Each, $3.50 
No. O-P. "Semi-Pro" League. " "Open Vision," electric welded 
best black annealed steel wire frame. Special continuous style 
side pads, leather covered; special soft forehead and chin-pad; 
>glastic head-band. . .-.,-. . .' . r ,' * . Each, $2.50 

SPALDING "REGULATION LEAGUE '1 MASKS 
No. 2-0. "Open Vision," soldered heavy black annealed steel 
wire frame. Full length side pads of improved design; soft 
fore-head and chin-pad; special elastic head-band. Each, $2.00 
No. 0-X. Men's size. "Open Vision," electric welded frame, 
black finish. Improved leather covered pads, including forehead- 
pad, molded leather chin-strap; elastic head-band. - Each, $1.50 
No.OXB. Youths'. "Open Vision, "electric welded frame, black 
finish. Soft side padding, forehead and chin-pad. {^ Each, $1.50 
No. A. Men's. Electric welded black enameled frame. Leather 
covered pads, forehead and chin-pad. , . . '. Each, $1.00 
No. B. Youths'. Electric welded black enameled frame; similar 
in quality throughout to No. A, but smaller in size. Each, $1.00 
No.C. Electricweldedblackenameled frame; soft leather covered 
pads; wide elastic head-strap, leather strap-and-buckle. Ea., 50c. 
No. D. Electric welded black enameled frame. Smaller in size 
than No. C. ^ Each, 25c. 



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SPALDING BAS£ BALL UNIFORMS 

Complete Color Sample Book mailed, on application, to any team captain or manager, together with 
Measurement Blank and full instructiona for measuring players for uniforms. 

Spalding •woRi.D SERIES" Uniform No. O. . Single Suit. $15.00 dM o CA 

Net price to clubs ordeririR for E/i^ire Team Suit, m)1^.0U 

Spalding ••'«'9«'r» ?,^«'=s" Uniform No. OA. Single Suit. $14.00 i | cPk 

Net iirice to clubs orderinK for Entire Team. .... Suit, A LOU 

Spalding "League" Uniform No. 1 Single Suit, $12.50 -t r\ f\f\ 

Net price to clubs ordering for Entire Team. .... Suit, lU.UU 

Spalding "League" Uniform No. 1 A. . . . Single "Suit, $11.50 Q (\f\ 

Net price to clubs ordering for Entire Team Suit. 5/.UU 

Spalding "Interscholastic" Uniform No. 2. . . Single Suit, $9.00 7 e/\ 

Net price to clubs ordering for Entire Team Suit, • •3" 

Spalding "Minor league" Uniform No. M. . Single Suit, $9.00 7 r-/\ 

Net price to clubs ordering for £'/i<i>e Team Suit, /.DU 

Spalding "City League" Uniform No. W. . . Single Suit, $7.50 r* (\f\ 

Net price to clubs ordering for Entire Team Suit. D.UU 

Spalding "Club Special" Uniform No. 3. . . Single Suit. $6.00 e (\(\ 

Net price to clubs ordering for Entire Team Suit, D.UU 

Spalding "Amateur Special" Uniform No. 4. . Single Suit, $4.00 o e/\ 

Net ijrice to clubs ordering for Entire Team Suit, tJ.OU 

Spalding "Junior" Uniform No. 5 Single Suit, $.3.00 o C/\ 

Net price to clubs ordering nine or more uniforms. . . Suit, ^»0\J 

Spalding " Youths' " Uniform No. 6. Good quality Gray material -i f\(\ 

No larger sizes than 30-in. waist and 34-in. chest. . . Complete, A •"" 

ABOVE UNIFORMS CONSIST OF SHIRT. PANTS. CAP. BELT AND STOCKINGS. 

SPALDING BASE BALL SHOES 

No. FW. "woRi-D, SERIES" Kan- 
garoo uppers, white oak soles. Hand 
sewed: strictly bench made. Extra 
strong soft laces. . Pair, $7.00 

Owing to the lightness and fineness of this 
shoe, it is suitable only for the fastest players, 
but as a light weight durable shoe for general 
use we recommend No. 30-S. 

Sizes and Weights of No. FW Shoes 
Size of Shoes: 5 6 7 8 9 

Weight per pair: 18 18^ 19 20 21 oz. 

No. 30-S. "Sprinting." Kangaroo uppers, white oak soles. Built on our running 
shoe last. Lightweight. Hand sewed; bench made. ' Strong laces. Pair, $7.00 
No. O. "Club Special." Selected satin calfskin, substantially made. High point 
carefully tempered carbon steel plates hand riveted to heels and soles. Pair, $5.00 
No. OS. "Club Special" Sprinting. Similar to No. 0, but made with sprinting 

style flexible soles. (Patented May 7, 1912) 'Pair, $5.00 

No. 35. "Amateur Special." Leather, machine sewed. High point carefully tem- 
pered carbon steel plates hand riveted to heels and soles. Pair, $3.50 it $39.00 Doz. 
No. 37. "Junior." Leather; regular base ball shoe last. Plates hand riveted to heels 
andsoles. Excellent for the money but not (juaranteed. ?a.\r,%2. SO if $27.00 Doz. 

Juvenile Base Ball Shoes 
No. 38. Made on special boys' size lasts. Good quality material throughout and 
steel plates. Furnished in boys' sizes, 12 to 5, inclusive, only. . . Pair, $2.00 

Spalding "Dri-Foot" prolongs the life of the shoes. Can, 15c. 

Till- pri,ri pimtcd in ilalin oppmile Hems imitkcj -uilli if will be quoted o>ily on eiders for one-half 
dozen pairs or more a I one lime. Quanlily prices XO T allowed on Hems XO T marked with ir 




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ACCEPT NO 
SUBSTIT UTE 



TRADE-MARK ™ar 



'^®'??^sp5!?"*^" Catchers' Body Protectors 



Spalding _ _ , 

No. 8P. Padded rtyle, not inflated. Patented June . No. 4-0. Inflated «tyle. Strong Un covering. Spe- 
22. '09; Aug. 24. '09. Canvas cover, laced at sides. cial shoulder padding, laced to permit readjustment 
permitting readjusting of padding as desired. Spe- of padding as desired and special body strap. (Pat- 
cial body strap, . , Each. $10.00 ented Nov. 24. 03) Each. $10.00 

Spalding Catchers' Body Protector* 

No. 2-0. "Minor League." Cover of durable material. 

Made in best manner. Inflated. Full size. Each. $7.50 
No. 0. "City League." Slightly narrower than No. 2-0. 

Covering of durable material. Inflated. . E^ch, $5.00 
No. M "Interscholastic." 'Well made, Inflated. . " 3.50 
No. 2. "Youths'." Good size. Inflated. . . " 3.00 

■ Spalding Umpires' Body Protectors 

Cive length and width when ordering Umpire** Body Protectors. 

No. L. Inflated. Large size, best quality. Same as supplied 
to most experienced major league umpires. Each, $10.00 

No. LS. Inflated. Special light weight, very large air 
passages and without any breaks or hinges. Soft rubber 
tube instead of regular inflating valve. Not carried in 
stock; supplied on special orders only. . Each. $10.00 

No. R. Inflated. Correct model. Cover of good material. 
Flexible inflating tube. ^ ...... . Efach, $5.00 

Spalding Leg Guards for Base Ball Catchers 

No. 33. As supplied to Roger Bresnahan and to other 
prominent league catchers. Knee guard of molded sole 
leather; leg piece padded with reeds; light and strong; 
special ankle pads as protection from spikes. Covered 
with special quality white buck dressed leather. Pair, $6.50 

Spalding Catchers' Leg Guards 

No. RB. Plain style, fiber leg piece, not ribbed. Leathei 
padded at ankle and knee. , Pair, $5.00. 

Spalding Uniform Bags 

Convenient roll for packing uniforms in a manner which 
will not wrinkle and soil them; with separate compart, 
ments for shoes, etc. 

No. 2. Bag leather; well made. . -. . . . Each. $6.00 
No. 1. Best heavy canvas; leather bouhd. double leather 

shawl strap and handle Each, $3.00 

No. 6. Brown canvas roll; leather straps and handle. " 1 .50 
No. 5. Combined Uniform and Bat Bag. Similar to regular 
uniform bags, but with extra compartment to carry one 
bat Best canvas, leather bound. . . . Each, $4.00 
No. 4. Individual Uniform Bag. Best quality brown can- 
vas ; two leather handles; strap-and-buckle fastenings. 
Holds suit, shoes and other necessary articles, Each. $2.00 

Spalding Bat Bags , 

No. 2. Heavy waterproof canvas, leather reinforced at both 

ends-, and leather handles; holds 12 bats. . Each. $3.50 

No. 3. Similar to No. 2. but holds only 6 bats. " ■ 2.50 

Spalding Individual Bat Bags 

No. 01. Good quality heavy leather bat bag. for two bats; 

used by most league players. Each. $4.00 * S43.:ODoz. 
No. 02. Elxtra heavy canvas ; heavy leather cap at both 

ends Each, $2.00 •J.V.6(^/»^^. 

No. SI. Sheepskin, good quality bag. with heavy leather 

end. . . ^c\%\.m( $18.90 Doz. 

No, 03. Heavy canvas ; leather cap at both ends. 

^ >■; ^z\,,%\SM -k $10.80 Doz. 

Spalding Special Club Bat Bag 

■dcrs No. 8. Heavy canvas, with strong reinforcing strips nin- 
'le. ning lengthwise, and heavy leajher ends. Holds 26 to 

„„- 30 bats. Each, $18.00 

Lettering on any of »boTe bags extra- Price, on application. 




No.8 

The prices printed in italics btfosite itemi 

marked ■urith * mill bi'quolcd only 

Jor one-half dozen or more at oi 

Quantity prices "NOT allowed c 

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NO.4-0 



Spalding Base Ball Base* 

Compute with Strap* uid Spike* 

No. OU Special League Bases, filled, very heavy quilled 

canvaa. Each base fitted with two extra strong, harness 

leather straps and three extra heavy 14 inch special 

spikes. Used by the big league and college clubs. 

Set of 3. $7.50 
No. 0. League Club Basea, filled, extra quality canvas ; 
quilted. Harness leather straps. ... Set of 3. $6.00 
No. 1. Canvas Bas«. filled, well made; not quilted. 

Set of 3. $5.00 

No. 2. Canvas Bases, filled, good quality. Set of 3. 3.50 

No. 4. Unfilled Canvas Bases, laced. May be filled with 

•and Vr other material. Canvas straps. Set of 3. $L00 

No. S. Quijied Stiff Canvas Bases, without straps. 

" .Set of 3. 1.00 

Spalding Pitchers' Box Plates 7" 

No. 3. Made in accordance with National League regula. 

dons; extra quality white rubber. With pins. Each. $5.00 

'No. 2. Composition rngtenal, regulation size and shape. 

Wilh pins. . , . , . Each,43.S0 

■ Spalding Rubber Home Plates 

No. 1. In accordance with the National League'regulations. 
. Extra quahty while rubber. With pins. . Each. $7.50 
Mo. C. Composition material, regulation size and shape. 
^Withpina. ..,.,._, Each. $5.00 

' Spalding Improved 
Steel Shoe Plates 

We do not .rll separately the 
special quality base bi 
plates used on our best grad 
shoes, but we will refit shoe 

plates, and charge, including 

pair each of toe and heel plates and putting 

plates on shoes. . . . < ; . . . $1.00 

ThU prict Joci not IncluJe Iraraportatian ■. 

charge) on jAoes. 

No. 3-0. Toe Plates, high point carbon steel. 

carefully tempered and ground. Pair, 50c 

No 4-0. Heel Plates, high point carbon steel. 

carefully tempered and ground. Pair. 50c 

**'». O aiKl I No. Oi Toe Plates, hardened steel. sTiar-' 

pened Pair. 25c 

No. 2-0 Heel plates, hardened steel, sharpened. - "• 2Sc, 
No. 1. Toe plates, good steel, sharpened. ' ' " 10c' 
No. IH. Heel plates, good steeL sharpened. " lOc, 

' Spalding Pitchers'. Toe" Plate* 

A thorough protection to shoe and of greal^ 

assistance in pitching. Made for right or 

left shoe. When ordering, specify for' 

which shoe required. 

No. A. Aluminum. Regular style Each, 25c 

No. B. Brass. Regular style '. .'• " 25c 

No BS. Brass. Cut low. Light weight. Particularly for 

Ditchers and shortstops who do not drag their feet Each. 2Sc 

Spalding 

Movable Batting Cage 

■ Can be moved to any part of the 
field quickly and easily by simply 
handle, yet when 
it IS in position it is absolutely rigid 
Made with heavy frame of japanned 
iron piping. No intricate pai 
get out of ordc 

tion; strongly made Used on nea 
every major league field besides 
those of the more prominent colleg 
This photograph shows Eddie Coll 
of the Philadelphia "Athletics, "at b 
ting practice just beforethe start of o 
of the World Series games Compl 
with tarred 
inforcement at bottom. E^ch, $60.00 




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Extra Straps and Spikes 

Straps for Nos. OL and Bases. ...,,. 
Straps for No. I Bases. . . * « a- v • « * 
Straps lor No. 2 Bases. .' . , «i, .»^, a • -» 
Spikes for Nos. OL and Bases. ,V~^i/ • a >' 
Spikes for No. I Bases. . . . • n . 1 , 



No. I Bm<mi . 




Each. 7Sc 
■ 50c 
■• 40c 
•• 20c. 
tOc 



" 5c 
Spalding 
Fred Clarke Sun Glasses 

Classes are made with an attach- 
ment that hinges on to tho cap and 
can be turned up out of the way 






eded. 




2. Fred Clarke Sun Classes, 
omplete with attachment for 
stening to cap. Pair. $10.00 

Spalding Regular Sun Glasses for Outfielders 

No. 1. Good quality metal frames. Complete with case 
C ... r Pair. $1.00 

Spaldmg 
Score Book* 

SpaldingBase Ball Score 

Books are made in three 

styles: Morse style (Nos. 

1.3.4. Sand M); A. G. 

Spalding style (Nos. 2 an< 

Foster style (No. F). _•,, / " *. Vi-"| 

f Pocket Score Book* ""^^'^^''^ 

!No. 1. Paper. 7 games. Morse style. .' , 

• No. 2. Board. 22 games. A. G. Spalding 

j No. 3. Board. 46 games, Morse style. . , 

No, S. Board, A. G. Spalding style, 79 g 

No. M, Board. Morse style, 79 games. , 

No. F. Board, Foster style. 79 games. ' , 




. . Each. 10c 

style. ■■ 25c 

. . " SOc 

imes, " 75c 

. . " 75c 

. . "75c 

- Club Score Books 

No. 4. Board.8>«xlOmn.,30games.MorsestyIe. ea.,$1.00 
No 5. Board. BHxIOH in, 79 games. Morse style. " 1.50 
Score Card), . _. j _^ Each, 5c Doz^ .25 

l|^ Spalding Umpire Indicator 

0. Made 




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standard Policy 



A Standard Quality must be inseparably linked to a Standard Policy. 

Without a definite and Standard Mercantile Policy, it is impossible for a 
Manufacturer to long maintain a Standard Quality. 

To market his goods through the jobber, a manufacturer must provide a 
profit for the jobber as well as for the retail dealer. To meet these conditions 
of Dual Profits, the manufacturer is obliged to set a proportionately high list 
price on his goods to the consumer. 

To enable the glib salesrnan, when booking his orders, to figure out 
attractive profits to both the jobber and retailer, these high list prices are 
absolutely essential; but their real purpose will have been served when the 
manufacturer has secured his order from the jobber, and the jobber has secured 
his order from the retailer. 

However, these deceptive high list prices are not fair to the consumer, who 
does not, and, in reality, is not ever expected to pay these fancy list prices. 

When the season opens for the sale of such goods, with their misleading 
but alluring high list prices, the retailer begins to realize his responsibilities, and 
grapples with the situation as best he can, by offering "special discounts." 
which vary with local trade conditions. 

Under this system of merchandising, the profits to both the manufacturer 
and the jobber are assured; but as there is no stability maintained in the prices 
to the consumer, the keen competition amongst the local dealers invariably 
leads to a demoralized cutting of prices by which the profits of the retailer are 
practically eliminated. 

This demoralization always reacts on the manufacturer. The jobber insists 
on lower, and still lower, prices. The manufacturer, in his turn, meets this 
demand for the lowering of prices by the only way open to him, viz.: the cheap- 
ening and degrading of the quality of his product. 

The foregoing conditions became so intolerable that 16 years ago, in 1899, 
A. G. Spalding & Bros, determined to rectify this demoralization in the Athletic 
Goods Trade, and inaugurated what has since become known as "The Spalding 
Policy." 

"The Spalding Policy" eliminates the jobber entirely, so far as Spalding 
Goods are concerned, and the retail dealer secures the supply of Spalding 
Athletic Goods direct from the manufacturer by which the retail dealer is 
assured a fair and legitimate profit on all Spalding Athletic Goods, and the 
consumer is assured a Standard Quality and is protected from imposition. 

"The Spalding Policy" is decidedly for the interest and protection of the 
users of Athletic Goods, and acts in two ways : 

First.— The user is assured of genuine Official Standard Athletic Goods. 

Second.— As manufacturers, we can proceed with confidence in 
purchasing at the proper time, the very best raw materials required 
in the manufacture of our various goods, well ahead of their 
respective seasons, and this enables us to provide the necessary 
quantity and absolutely maintain the Spalding Standard of Quality. 

All retail dealers handling Spalding Athletic Goods are requested to supply 
consumers at our regular printed catalogue prices — neither more nor less — the same 
prices that similar goods are sold for in our New York, Chicago and other stores. 

All Spalding dealers, as well as users of Spalding Athletic Goods, are treated 
exactly alike, and no special rebates or discriminations are allowed to anyone. 

This briefly, is "The Spalding Policy." which has already been in successful 
operation for the past 16 years, and will be indefinitely continued. 

In other words, "The Spalding Policy" is a "square deal" for everybody. 

A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 

By ^^i^^^^^:^^^?:^'. 

PUSIDENT. ^^ 



standard Quality 



An article that is universally given the appellation "Standard" is thereby 
conceded to be the criterion, to which are compared all other things of a similar 
nature. For instance, the Gold Dollar of the United States is the Standard unit 
of currency, because it must legally contain a specific proportion of pure gold, 
and the fact of its being Genuine is guaranteed by the Government Stamp 
thereon. As a protection to the users of this currency against counterfeiting and 
other tricks, considerable money is expended in maintaining a Secret Service 
Bureau of Experts. Under the law, citizen manufacturers must depend to a 
great extent upon Trade-Marks and similar devices to protect themselves against 
counterfeit products— without the aid of "Government Detectives" or "Public 
Opinion" to assist them. 

Consequently the "Consumer's Protection" against misrepresentation and 
"inferior quality" rests entirely upon the integrity and responsibility of the 
" Manufacturer." 

A. G. Spalding & Bros, have, by their rigorous attention to "Qyality," for 
thirty-nine years, caused their Trade-Mark to become known throughout 
the world as a Guarantee of Qyality as dependable in their field as the 
U. S. Currency is in its field. 

The necessity of upholding the Guarantee of the Spalding Trade-Mark and 
maintaining the Standard Qyality of their Athletic Goods, is. therefore, as obvi- 
ous as is the necessity of the Government in maintaining a Standard Currency. 

Thus each consumer is not only insuring himself but also protecting other 
consumers when he assists a Reliable Manufacturer in upiiolding his Trade- 
Mark and all that it stands for. Therefore, we urge all users of cur Athletic 
Goods to assist us in maintaining the Spalding Standard of Excellence, by 
insisting that our Trade-Mark be plainly stamped on all athletic goods which 
they buy. because without this precaution our best efforts towards maintaining 
Standard Qyality and preventing fraudulent substitution will be ineffectual. 

Manufacturers of Standard Articles invariably suffer the reputation of being 
high-priced, and this sentiment is fostered and emphasized by makers of 
" inferior goods," with whom low prices are the main consideration. 

A manufacturer of recognized Standard Goods, with a reputation to uphold 
and a guarantee to protect must necessarily have higher prices than a manufac- 
turer of cheap goods, whose idea of and basis of a claim for Standard Qyality 
depends principally upon the eloquence of the salesman. 

We know from experience that there is no quicksand more unstable than 
poverty in quality—emd we avoid this quicksand by Standard Qyality. 



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Price 10 cents each 



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ATHLETIC GOODS 

ARE THE STANDARD OF THE \VORLD 



A.G. Spalding ® Bros. 

MAINTAIN WHOLESALE and RETAIL STORES in the FOLLOWING CITIES 
NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS 

BOSTON MILWAUKEE KANSAS CITY 

PHILADELPHIA DETROIT SAN FRANCISCO 

NEWARK CINCINNATI LOS ANGELES 

ALBANY CLEVELAND SEATTLE 

BUFFALO COLUMBUS SALT LAKE CITY 

SYRACUSE INDIANAPOLIS PORTLAND 

ROCHESTER PITTSBURGH Ml NNEAPOLIS 

BALTIMORE WASHINGTON ATLANTA ST. PAUL 



LONDON. ENGLAND 

LIVERPOOL. ENGLAND 
BIRMINGHAM. ENGLAND 
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND 
EDINBURGH. SCOTLAND 
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND 



LOUISVILLE DENVER 
NEW ORLEANS DALLAS 
MONTREAL. CANADA 
TORONTO, CANADA 
PARIS. FRANCE 
SYDNEY. AUSTRALIA 



Factories owned and operofed by A. 
Trade-Marked Athletic Goods qr* 



paldirtf & Bros, and where all of Spalding. 
itfe ara located in the followtn(; cities 



NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO . CHICOPEE, MASS. 
BROOKLYN BOSTON PHILADELPHIA LONDON* ENG. 



